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All scientific findings show that we are in a climate crisis, that we are heading in the short term towards a catastrophe called "abrupt and irreversible climate change" which threatens civilization and life.

The increase in the atmosphere of greenhouse gases from
Of the industry, transports, agriculture and melting permafrost, and
the increase in the global average temperature disrupts the global climate in an unprecedented way.

These consequences have local repercussions on the quality
of people's lives, such as floods, heat islands, loss of income for farmers and reduced access to food.

UN Security Council Calls Climate Change
of threats to peace and security.

This is why we need a comprehensive plan and, to do this, in the evening
necessary for rapid and wide-ranging transitions in the areas of land use planning, Energy, Of the industry, of the building, transport and town planning.

Actions you MARE

Because city councils are our governments of
proximity and that climate change is the defining issue of our time, the MARE is part of the movement “Montérégie climate emergency” and ask the municipalities of the region :

1- To declare the climate emergency (DUC);

2- Commit to developing a comprehensive plan including all
GES sources (industrial, municipal and community) aiming to cope with the situation by drawing inspiration from Work on the Declaration of Climate Emergency;

3- To mobilize citizens to be a stakeholder in the proposed approach;

4- To provide an account of the progress of the plan and that it be communicated to citizens annually.

5- Encourage provincial and federal governments to provide the necessary support for the interventions that will be required to meet these commitments.

Good news (2020-09-15) : Salaberry-de-Valleyfield declares the climate emergency

When Tuesday municipal council meeting 15 September , the MARE, supported by other groups in the region (Crivert, Cotton 46, the Friends of the regional park of the islands of Saint-Timothée, The Incredible Edibles Suroît) presented the following proposals :

What Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 

1- Declares a state of climate emergency (DUC);

2- Update on PADD-E and undertakes to develop a comprehensive plan including all sources of GHG (industrial, municipal and community) aiming to cope with the situation by drawing inspiration from the DUC Workshops;

3- Mobilize citizens to be a stakeholder in the proposed approach; 

4- Provide an account of the progress of the plan and that it is communicated to citizens annually via the most appropriate means from 2021;

5- Encourages provincial and federal governments to provide the necessary support for the interventions that will be required to meet these commitments.

The municipal council of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield adopted these 5 unanimous proposals !

The MARE would like to congratulate the city of Valleyfield for this important step which will allow us, we hope, to work better together to meet this immense challenge of the fight against climate change.

Thank you to the forty people who supported us during this evening, despite the gloomy temperature and the limit of around 20 people who can be admitted to the town hall in order to respect the distancing measures.